I recently heard a story that warmed the cockles of my heart. On her wedding day, a young woman made a commitment with herself that she would select ten quirks that her husband had that she would choose never to get frustrated with, that she would love unconditionally. In the flurry of the business of the wedding day, she never got around to making the list, so for their entire marriage, if he ever did or said anything that started to bother her, she would think to herself "Good thing that is on the list" and dismiss it.
I love this story.I believe that it is one of the big reasons why we are to get married: so we can learn true charity.
President Joseph F. Smith said: "We all have our weaknesses and failings. Sometimes the husband sees a failing in his wife, and he upbraids her for it. Sometimes the wife feels that her husband has not done just the right thing, and she upbraids him. What good does it do? Is not forgiveness better? Is not charity better? Is not love better? Isn't it better not to speak of faults, not to magnify weaknesses by iterating and reiterating them? Isn't that better? And will not the union that has been cemented between you and the birth of children and by the bond of the new and everlasting covenant, be more secure when you forget to mention weaknesses and faults one of another? Is it not better to drop them and say nothing about them--bury them and speak only of the good that you know and feel, one for another, and thus bury each other's faults and not magnify them; isn't that better?"
That's a great little story! Thanks for sharing it :)
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks for sharing. I know it's going to be one I think back on.
DeleteYou are welcome! It is definitely a cute story. :)
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